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Is there a Progressive Democrat inspired tax I can pay to stop COVID-19, or does that only work for Climate Change?

How about trying the socialist health care employed by Germany and by South Korea? They have had considerable success unlike the failed policy of Dumpcare practiced by your hero Donald Dump whose only success has been in the promotion of Republican death panels.

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How about trying the socialist health care employed by Germany and by South Korea? They have had considerable success unlike the failed policy of Dumpcare practiced by your hero Donald Dump whose only success has been in the promotion of Republican death panels.

As of Thursday morning, the death rate from confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. is 1.45%, based on data provided by Worldometer.info. That’s well below the global average of 4.5%.

In the UK, which has the health care system of Bernie Sanders’ dreams, the death rate is almost 5%.

It’s higher than the U.S. in the Netherlands, in Sweden, in Denmark, in Switzerland.

In Italy, another country that “guarantees” health care as a right, the death rate is 10%. It’s 4% in communist China (assuming one can believe their numbers).

Admittedly, deaths per confirmed case can be biased by how confirmed cases get counted.

So what about deaths as a share of the total population? Here again, the U.S. health care system is performing better.

So far, there have been 0.33 deaths for every 100,000 Americans.

In the UK, the death rate is 0.7 per 100,000. In the Netherlands, it’s 2.5. In France, 2.0. In Sweden and Denmark, 0.7. In Switzerland, it’s 2. In Italy, the death rate is 13.6 per 100,000 people.

How about preventing the spread of the disease? Sanders and company claim that countries with universal health care will do a better job because people will get the medical attention they need without having to worry about costs.

But the U.S. outperforms most of these countries.

As of Thursday morning, there have been 22.8 confirmed cases for every 100,000 people in the U.S., but 43 in the Netherlands, 38 in France, 32 in Denmark, 135 in Switzerland.

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."- Alexis de Tocqueville, c. 1835

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Hah. Sure. How is noticing the lack of fervor from the same people who attempted to crucify Kavanaugh, shifting the goalposts? Why aren't you screaming up and down about Joe being "too controversial" and demanding they find another guy instead? You brought up how it suddenly got all quiet in here about this. Did you take a second to consider your own inaction?

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Yes. Since it would be both medically stupid and unconstitutional at the same time.

Staying at home is medically stupid? That's dumb and completely 180 degrees from what the experts say. The easiest way to treat the virus is to not get it.

Nothing is unconstitutional when national security is concerned. By the time it's gone through the court system, you will have already been detained or fined or both. Of course, I'm not advocating it, just answering Spooky's question, and the answer is not partisan as he put it.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. ~ Mark Twain
You can't spell "hatred" without the 'red' 'hat' - Trump bump = Trump dump

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Yes. Since it would be both medically stupid and unconstitutional at the same time.

"medically stupid"

That sure shows your brilliance. Even your hero Dump calls for the use of face masks.

"unconstitutional"

Government has imposed curfews in time of war and in emergencies such as during Katrina and during urban riots. US Constitution allows temporary suspension of rights under Article One, Section 9, clause 2.

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That sure shows your brilliance. Even your hero Dump calls for the use of face masks.

"unconstitutional"

Government has imposed curfews in time of war and in emergencies such as during Katrina and during urban riots. US Constitution allows temporary suspension of rights under Article One, Section 9, clause 2.

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Cops wrote a bunch of tickets to people watching the sunset at the beach the other day.
It's annoying that people aren't getting the message, but at the same time, the natural progression of this is inching us closer and closer to legitimate martial law. The other county edict saying that anyone in a retail environment (those which are still allowed to open for business, that is), have to wear masks, etc. under penalty of the same fines and jail time. So here we are now, Sheriff Gore actually saying that they'll consider arresting a guy working his *** off at a grocery store if he accidentally isn't masked and gloved.

I can imagine that when the dust settles, any of charges will be dismissed lest the city, county, or state wish to engage in a protracted legal battle with deep constitutional concerns. Besides that, since they're just wholesale releasing people from jail and writing notices to appear instead of locking up new ones, I doubt this is even practically enforceable beyond the legal question altogether.

I guess we'll see. Nothing will shock me at this point. Stay at home might become even more stay-at-home-ish before this ends.